“It’s the Crop that Counts ” 
ABEL’S SEED HOUSE, READING, PA 
Mary Washington Asparagus 
ASPARAGUS 
MARY WASHINGTON RUST-RESISTANT ASPARAGUS. A variety bred up by the U. S. Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture, at Washington, D. C., from a careful selection of plants of the Washington 
variety, and is now more popular and more widely grown than any other. It produces large, 
beautiful, straight, dark green, tender shoots of the most delicious flavor. 
Large Two-Year-Old Roots of Genuine Mary Washington. (Doz. 40c; 50 roots, $1.00; 100, $1.50; 
1 , 000 , $ 11 . 00 . 
Mary Washington Seed—Can have a light cutting in 3 yrs. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; % lb. 40c; % lb. 60c; 
lb. 90c. , 
BEANS 
Plant beans after all danger of frost is passed, in warm, dry, well prepared soil. The rows should 
be 2 to 3 feet apart and the seeds covered 1^ to 2 inches deep. Thin the young plants to 3 to 6 
inches apart in the rows. 
Shallow cultivation should be frequent until blossoming; then stop to avoid injury to the roots. 
(Root injury causes the blossoms to fall off.) For succession plant every 2 weeks until mid¬ 
summer. Frequent picking of the crop insures long bearing. One quart of seed sows 100 feet, 
and 60 pounds sows 1 acre. 
BUSH BEANS 
WAX or YELLOW-PODDED 
Burpee’s Brittle Wax. One of the earliest of all Wax Beans. Vines 
are 15 inches high. Pods 5% inches long, round, slightly curved, 
stringless, deep yellow; 62 days from planting to table. 14 pt. 15c; 
pt. 25c; qt. 40c; pk. $2.50; bus. $9.50. 
Burpee’s Round-pod Kidney Wax. Very productive. Round pod, 
stringless. 14 pt. 15c; pt. 25c; qt. 40c; pk. $2.50; bus. $9.50. 
Burpee’s German Black Wax. Extra-fine, 6 14 inch round yellow pods. 
Seeds black, kidney-shape; 59 days from planting to table. 14 pt. 
15c; pt. 25c; qt. 40c; pk. $2.50; bus. $9.50. 
Abel’s Bountiful Wax. An entirely stringless variety, with long, 
6 14 inch flat handsome pods. A good yielder and one of the best 
Wax sorts. Matures in about 45 days. 14pt. 15c; pt. 25o; 
qt. 40c; pk. $2.50; bus. $9.50. 
GREEN-PODDED 
Burpee’s Green Stringless. Pods round, slightly curved, stringless. 5 
inches long. Very productive; 54 days from planting to table. 
14 pt. 10c; pt. 20c; qt, 35c; pk. $2.25; bus. $8.50. 
Giant Stringless. Round, nearly straight, stringless, light green pods 
6 inches long; 56 days from planting to table. 14 pt. 10c; pt. 20c; 
qt. 35c; pk. $2.25; bus. $8.50. 
Abel’s Stringless Black Valentine. Height 2 ft., heavy, very ro¬ 
bust dark vine. Six inch dark green round stringless brittle pod 
of wonderful quality. Season 54 days to table. 14 pt. 10c; 
pt. 20c; qt. 35c; pk. $2.25; bus. $8.50. 
Abel’s Tendergreen. Height 15 inches, dark coarse vines. Six inch 
round stringless green pod. Season 56 days to table. 14 pt. 10c; 
pt. 20c; qt. 35c; pk. $2.25; bus. $8.50. 
Bountiful. Pods semi-round, straight, stringless; sweet flavor. 714 
inches long. 14 pt. 10c; pt. 20c; qt. 35c; pk. $2.25; bus. $8.50. 
Landreth’s Stringless Green Pod. Pods 6 to 7 inches fairly straight 
ROUND dark green stringless. Season 54 days. 14 pt. 10c; pt. 20c; 
qt. 35c; pk. $2.25; bus. $8.50. 
SHELL 
Red Kidney. A dwarf grower and very hardy. Pods 5 to 6 inches 
long. Season 62 days. 14 pt. 10c; pt. 20c; qt. 35c; pk. $2.50; 
bus. $9.00. 
White Kidney. Same as above, only white-seeded. 14 pt. 10c; pt. 
20c; qt. 35c; pk. $2.50; bus. $9.00. 
Burpee’s Round Pod Kidney Wax 
White Marrowfat Soup. Extra-fine Shell Bean. Pods large, flat, and straight, with 5 to 7 
pure white seeds in each pod. 14 pt. 10c; pt. 20c; qt. 35c; pk. $2.25; bus. $8.50. 
Dwarf Horticultural (Bird Egg). Used both as Snap and Shell Beans. Pods 4 to 5 inches 
long, thick, flat, stringless. 14 pt. 10c; pt. 20c; qt. 35c; pk. $2.25 ; bus. $8.50. 
Robust Pea Beans (Navy Beans). Small, white baking Beans of extra-fine quality. !4pt. 
15c; pt. 25c; qt. 40c; pk. $2.50; bus. $9.50 
POLE BEANS 
GREEN-PODDED 
Kentucky Wonder. Pods so fleshy that they are greater in thickness than in breadth, being 
deeply creased and saddle-backed, very meaty, stringless when young, and of finest quality, 
7 to 9 inches long. 14 pt. 10c; pt. 20c; qt. 35c; pk. $2.50; bus. $9.00. 
Lazy Wife. A late variety excellent for snap-shorts or shelled. Pods about 6 inches long, 
thick, meaty, with fine flavor. 14 pt. 10c; pt. 20c; qt. 35c; pk. $2.50; bus. $9.00. 
Scarlet Runner. Mostly used as an ornamental climber but edible and may be cooked in same 
manner as other Snap Beans. 14 pt. 15c; pt. 25c; qt. 45c; pk. $3.25; bus. $12.00. 
Abel’s Mammoth Horticultural (Wooster Pole). We have an exceptionally fine, choice, large- 
seeded, large-podded, high-colored stock of these Beans. They are the true old-fashioned 
type, hard to be found. 14 pt. 15c; pt. 25c; qt. 45c; pk. $3.50; bus. $12.00. 
White Dutch Runner is a hardy prolific plant, used quite extensively in the North for planting 
along fences because of its flowering bloom. It can also be used for a green bean, or a 
green shelled bean. It has much the same habit as Scarlet Runner, although the pods are 
larger and it Fas a white flower. Scarlet Runner has a six-inch flat oval pod, and can also 
be used as either shell bean or snap, and the flowers are scarlet. 14 pt. 15c; pt. 25c; qt. 45c; 
pk. $3.50; bus. $12.00. 
WAX-PODDED 
Golden Cluster. Sweet, tasty, brittle pods, 614 to 714 inches long, perfectly straight and flat, 
of fine quality. 14 pt. 15c; pt. 25c; qt. 45c; pk. $3.50; bus. $12.00. 
Kentucky Wonder Wax. Pods 8 to 9 inches long, thick, almost straight, of a light yellow 
color and very good flavor. 14 pt. 15c; pt. 25c; qt. 40c; pk. $3.00; bus. $11.00. 
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